(verb.) grow leaves; 'the tree foliated in Spring'.
(verb.) number the pages of a book or manuscript.
(verb.) coat or back with metal foil; 'foliate glass'.
(verb.) decorate with leaves.
(verb.) hammer into thin flat foils; 'foliate metal'.
(adj.) (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata .
(adj.) (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves; '`foliate' is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word `trifoliate'' .
(adj.) ornamented with foliage or foils; 'foliate tracery'; 'a foliated capital' .
校对:拉里